Matthew 7:6
Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shall be opened vnto you.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.
Proverbs 26:11As a dog turneth againe to his owne vomit, so a foole turneth to his foolishnes.
Matthew 15:26And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to whelps.
Matthew 24:10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
2 Corinthians 11:26In iourneying I was often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine owne nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the citie, in perils in wildernes, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much euill: the Lord rewarde him according to his workes.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:2-7
The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly… Read the whole commentary →